The One to Sing the Blues

Infobox Single
Name = The One to Sing the Blues

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Artist = Motörhead
from Album = 1916
B-side = Dead Man's Hand
Released = January 5, 1991
Format = 7"
12"
CD Single
Recorded = 1990
Genre = Heavy Metal
Length = 3:07
Label = Epic Records
Writer = Phil Campbell
Würzel
Lemmy
Phil Taylor
Producer = Peter Solley
Certification =
Chart position = * #45 (U.K. Singles)
Last single = "Ace of Spades (live)"
(1988)
This single = "The One to Sing the Blues"
(1991)
Next single = "Hellraiser"
(1992)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = Single


Lower caption = Shaped, picture disc release"The One to Sing the Blues" is a song by the heavy metal band Motörhead, which Epic Records released in a number of formats; 7"and 12" vinyl, cassette-single, CD-single as well as a shaped picture disc.Burridge, Alan "Illustrated Collector's Guide to Motörhead" Published: 1995, Collector's Guide Publishing ISBN 0-9695736-2-6.]

Although its official release date is January 5, 1991, Lemmy states it "came out a few weeks earlier — on my birthday, as a matter of fact", which is December 24, continuing to say "that's a really great song — maybe we'll put it back in the set one of these days".Kilmister, Ian Fraser and Garza, Janiss "White Line Fever" (2002) — Simon & Schuster pp. 178-179. ISBN 0-684-85868-1.]

ingle track listing

All songs written by Lemmy, Würzel, Phil Campbell, Phil Taylor

7"

# "The One to Sing the Blues" - 3:07
# "Dead Man's Hand" - 3:29

12"/CD

# "The One to Sing the Blues" - 3:07
# "Dead Man's Hand" - 3:29
# "Eagle Rock" - 3:07
# "Shut You Down" - 2:38

Credits

* Guitars - Würzel and Phil Campbell
* Drums - Philthy Animal Taylor
* Bass, lead vocals - Lemmy

References